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CardiacNexus - CV Risk Management-SpectraCell Kit:

Note: This is a test kit that will be mailed to you. It requires a blood draw. It is your responsibility to arrange the blood draw for your kit and payment of your specimen collection.


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Fasting Required: Yes, 9-12 hours fasting required
Lab: SpectraCell
Specimen: Blood
Results: Average processing time 15 business days
Note: Result turnaround times are an estimate and are not guaranteed. Our reference lab may need additional time due to weather, holidays, confirmation/repeat testing, or equipment maintenance.

Description: SpectraCell's CardiacNexus profile combines our advanced LPP technology with an MTHFR gene test. LPP (Lipoprotein Particle Profile) reports the size and type of your lipoproteins, which is recognized as a superior tool in diagnosing problems of cholesterol and lipid metabolism. The patented LPP test addresses two key issue in heart health missed by other technologies: (1) who is at higher cardiovascular risk and (2) what to do about it. The MTHFR test determines if a mutation of the MTHFR gene you carry. This gene controls a key enzyme (called Methylene Tetra Hydro Folate Reductase, or MTHFR). If you carry certain copies of this gene, you may be predisposed to specific B vitamin deficiencies, which overwhelming evidence confirms, is intimately linked to methylation disruptions that impact cardiovascular, neurological, reproductive, and detoxification systems.

What We Measure: LPP Plus Profile, Lipoprotein Fractionation, Total HDL Particles, Apolipoprotein A-1, Homocysteine, Lipoprotein Particle Numbers, Triglycerides, Apolipoprotein B, Insulin, Total LDL Particles, Lipoprotein (a), hs-CRP, MTHFR. This test detects two of the most common mutations known as single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). The two variants are called C677T and A1298C and individuals can carry one or both variants.

Includes:
MTHFR
  • C677T Mutation
  • A1298C Mutation
Lipoprotein Particle Numbers
  • Total LDL Particles
  • Non-HDL Particles
  • VLDL Particles
  • Remnant Lipoprotein
  • Dense LDL III
  • Dense LDL IV
  • Total HDL Particles
  • Buoyant HDL 2b
Lipid Panel
  • Total Cholesterol
  • Triglycerides
  • HDL
  • LDL
  • Non-HDL Cholesterol
Vascular Inflammation
  • Insulin
  • hs-CRP
  • Lipoprotein(a)
  • Apolipoprotein B
  • Apolipoprotein A1
  • Homocysteine
Metabolic Syndrome Traits